(erielack) EL Facilities, NJ, again

["JG at graytrainpix" <graytrainpix_@_hotmail.com>]

Yes, I know, I made a grammatical mistake in my own nitpicking regarding EL 
Facilities In Color Volume 1; you don't use "it's" as a possessive. Mea 
culpa, I make mistakes too.

Nonetheless, I was talking today with Ray Scott, another Rutherford-area 
homeboy, and we identified two more things to be noted about the 
Rutherford-vicinity captions.  First, page 31, caption for top photo of BJ 
Tower:  ". . . was converted to an electrical 'EP' type machine."  The 
letters EP usually signify the use of electro-pneumatic switches, i.e. "air" 
switches as were popular on the DL&W.  Just for the record, BJ was straight 
electric, not air.  The only air plants on the Erie NY Division that Ray 
knew of were Erie Terminal, Grove St., and BR Bergen Tower.  Second, page 
91, bottom picture, Carlstadt on the NJ&NY, just to the north of Rutherford 
and East Rutherford.  The bottom picture was not taken near the UOP plant to 
the south (railroad east) of the Carlstadt depot, as implied; the crossing 
shown is Broad Street, just to the north (railroad west) of that depot, and 
of the Paterson Plank Road crossing, both shown in the top photo.

Also, side point: Ray said that he once rode one of those Saturday Port 
Jervis passenger locals with 4 RS3s and two Stillwell coaches.  He said that 
he started getting sick to his stomach because of the slack action -- the 
coaches would bolt forward as the 900's got a fast start out of a station, 
then lurch back as they made transition.  It might have been fun for the 
first couple of stops, but by Suffern it was more like an amusement park 
ride gone bad.

Jim Gerofsky

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